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...Freddie bonds and MBSS. Therein lies a fascinating, and disturbing, story. For years, the governments of countries that have run big trade surpluses with the U.S.--mainly Japan, China and the oil exporters--put their excess dollars into Treasury securities. When budget surpluses from 1998 to 2001 began to shrink the supply of Treasuries, foreign governments looked to Fannie and Freddie debt as an alternative. When the U.S. returned to deficits in 2002, they kept buying Frannie debt because it paid higher rates than Treasuries...
...believes Palin is unprepared for the vice presidency, a concern that may be more crucial in light of McCain's age. Some critics found her too mean or too right-wing. Over the next two months she will either sweeten or sour with the public, but certainly she will shrink, as the country focuses on the presidential debates. What McCain needed now was a jolt to awaken his own party...
...Politicians also can no longer ignore the demographic trends that will shape the country's economic future for decades to come. An aging and increasingly retired population will drive consumption patterns and shrink the workforce. Some 20 years from now, how will the country remain productive? Who will take care of the boomers when they reach their 80s? As hard as it may be for Japan, a country proud of its traditions and its homogenous society, immigration must be increased to keep the economy vital and growing. By making such tough but farsighted policy changes today, Japan will give itself...
...softly-softly approach doesn't please everyone. "To shrink from using the word obesity is really ducking an issue," insists Dr Colin Waine, Chairman of the National Obesity Forum. "It does not have to be used in a judgmental or insulting way: if a child is obese then the parents should know that its obese. We must make parents know that the lifestyle of the family needs to be modified...
Could the Iraq Surplus Shrink...